Good friend of mine that used to be a member here before he passed, had a 3L SDL with 440k on the stock bottom end. Head had been off twice.

Hell, I just did a valve job on my 300SEL with 287k on it... no scoring of the bores, full of crosshatching, compression was 160-170psi on all cylinders.

Basically, I would not waste the time.

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I'm not a doctor, but I'll have a look.

'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

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